I just get a bit darker. My girl on the other hand, got sun poisoning.
Comment on Sun Burn
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How tf can a black person get sunburnt?
TopFlightSecurity@lemmy.world 10 months ago
BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Sun poisoning?! First 5G now this! I’m just gonna wrap my whole body in tinfoil!
I am baked potato man and this is my origin story.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean, I’m talking about a really dark skin, not like kinda dark
DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social 10 months ago
Anybody can get a sunburn. The melanin in the darkest skin tone only gives a baseline SPF of around 10. While they are far less likely to get burns, it's still possible and when they develop skin cancer it's usually diagnosed in a later stage with a negative prognosis.
Sunburns are radiation burns, and doesn't have to include red skin to be present.
Chetzemoka@kbin.social 10 months ago
It works the same way it works for anyone else who is in direct sunlight for too long. Black people can get melanoma too.
"All skin tones are susceptible to sun damage. Sunburn will cause darker skin tones to go darker, and the skin will feel hot and painful to touch. While darker skin tones are less likely to burn, almost anyone can get sunburnt or develop skin cancer."
CertifiedBlackGuy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
A part of me knows this is true, but I’ve never gotten sun burned.
My sisters and mom have, but myself and my dad haven’t.
Can’t wait for that skin cancer to sneak up on me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 10 months ago
From the million mile wide fusion bomb in the sky thats 5000 degress? No idea
codemaster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The sun burns
doggle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m no expert, but I think it’s got something to do with prolonged exposure to the sun
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But melanin is a shield for it, and the more melanin the darker the skin. As black people usually have a very dark skin, they have a lot of melanin and thus are way more protected against the sun than the average 60 yo fat guy that’s sunburnt red
db2@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
It’s skin, not magic. Do you even human? 🤣
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
?
maajmaaj@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Black people don’t “usually have very dark skin” we basically have a whole damn rainbow of skin tones. I couldn’t let the overgeneralization rock.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Maybe African-Americans, but apart from Khoisan people and East Africans (Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia) most Africans do have a very dark skin.